Summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Scientific Dating Coordinator to join our team at Historic England to support our senior specialists in delivering major projects.

Your primary role will be to develop the Historic England Radiocarbon Database, facilitating public access via the ProjectC14 portal at the Archaeological Data Service. This will include populating Historic England data commissioned since 2015, training and mentoring external contributors, and validating data from England for deposition.

There will also be the opportunity to develop your skills in Bayesian chronological modelling, both by leading on casework in support of colleagues in other parts of Historic England and by supporting specialist modellers in delivering more complex and long-term projects.

What you will be doing

1.    Collate information on 14C measurements funded by Historic England (HE) since April 2015 and input into the HE Radiocarbon database.

2.    Manage HE Radiocarbon database (e.g. look-up tables, export of batches to ProjectC14).

3.    Train and mentor external contributors in the correct use of the database, and in the necessary technical aspects of radiocarbon dating (including oversight of collation of 14C measurements from England in the CBA Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland

(https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/c14_cba/)).

4.    Provide scientific dating in support of casework priorities across HE (e.g. designation, repair grants).

5.    Assist in the provision of scientific dating for other corporate priorities.

6. Undertake other duties as required in support of the efficient and effective running of the scientific dating team.

What we are looking for

• Experience of the application of scientific dating to archaeological sites and/or historic buildings

• Good archaeological understanding

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Good organisational skills including attention to detail

• Able to take personal responsibility for their own work and see things through

  We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having just won the Gold Award from MIND, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance.

  We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don’t prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can.

   We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more.

  Why work for Historic England

  
  We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 26% contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.
  
  We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
  
  We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level.
  
  Historic England want all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at ResourcingTeam@Historicengland.org.uk or telephone 07763387811 if you have any recruitment queries.

  Provisional interview dates: week commencing 20th March 2023